Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 1 RC3) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=7.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level uname='darwin hampsten 7.0 darwin kernel version 6.0: fri jul 25 16:58:41 pdt 2003; root:xnu-344.frankd.rootsxnu-344.frankd~objrelease_ppc power macintosh powerpc ' config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe -Dldflags=-Dman3ext=3pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-g -pipe -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include', optimize='-Os', cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -g -pipe -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags ='-L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dyld.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT Locally applied patches: RC3 Built under darwin Compiled at Sep 12 2003 19:50:49 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin" @INC: /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.1 /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1 /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.1 /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.1 /Network/Library/Perl . #### Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 5) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=7.4.0, archname=darwin-2level uname='darwin ariel.local 7.4.0 darwin kernel version 7.4.0: wed may 12 16:58:24 pdt 2004; root:xnuxnu-517.7.7.obj~7release_ppc power macintosh powerpc ' config_args='-de -Uloclibpth -Dlibpth=/usr/lib' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include', optimize='-Os', cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags ='' libpth=/usr/lib libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dyld.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES Built under darwin Compiled at Jul 25 2004 16:16:21 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin" @INC: /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.5/darwin-2level /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.5 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/darwin-2level /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .